The season three opener of The Newsroom gave me some new ideas for media activism. Which is ironic because watching Sorkin's shows often makes me feel dumb and/or annoyed. If you watched it tell me if you can see these ideas too, and what it would take to implement them.

This is a post about Homeland, season 4 episode 3 titled “Shalwar Kameez” This is chock full of spoilers, but it’s not a recap or review, more of a starting point to talk about issues that strike me. You don’t have to watch the episode to join in and comment on the issues, but I’ll be using shorthand for characters and to describe scenes in the show.

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Communications Director Bill Shine did an about-face from earlier directives and agreed to fully restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta's hard press pass. But there will be rules!

Martha McSally "conceded gracefully" but Stacey Abrams didn't? Shut up. McSally did not have a vote-suppressing Secretary of State Brian Kemp running against her, but that did not stop Rich Lowry from making the comparison.

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